新视野英语book 3 unit4 The Statue of Liberty.pptxVIP

The Statue of Liberty;Do you know the history of the Statue of Liberty?; The statue of liberty is located on an island. It is in New York Bay. Every summer about 2 million people are attracted by the statue. Taking ferry is the least expensive way to see one of the most enduring symbols of America. This statue represents symbols.It became the liberty of the hope for thousands of European immigrants who arrived in New York Harbor at the beginning if the New Century. Statue of Liberty is 46 meters high and weighing over 200 tons, metal casting, placed in a concrete system on the platform. The base of the statue of Liberty is well-known Joseph Pulitzer to raise 100,000US dollars,。In1984,the Statue of Liberty was listed as world cultural heritage.;VOCABULARY;Para1 In the mid-1870s,FrenFrederic Auguste Bartholdi was working on an enormous project called Liberty Enlightening the world ,a monument celebrating US independence and the France-America alliance. At the same time, he was in love with a woman whom he had met in Canada. His mother could not approve of her son’s affection for a woman she had never met, but Bartholdi went ahead and married his love in 1876. ;Para2 That same year Bartholdi had assembled the statue’s right arm and torch, and displayed them in Philadelphia. It is said that he had used his wife’s arm as the model, but felt her face was too beautiful for the statue. He needed someone whose face represented suffering yet strength, someone more severe than beautiful. He chose his mother.;Para3 The Statue of Liberty was dedicated on an island in Upper New York Bay in 1886.It had his mother’s face and his wife’s body, but Bartholdi called it “my daughter, Liberty”. ;Thanks for watching;Words and expression;approve （a）vt 批准同意 officially accept a plan,proposal,etc. ;* We spent all day trying to assemble our new bookshelves. 我们用了一整天来组装新书架 ;He dedicated his life to helping the poor. 他毕生致力于帮助穷人 ;all